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The differences of the various forms of C. pinon (viz. piiion, rubiensis, salva- 

 dorii, loeMermanni, and astrolabiensis) have been explained in Nov. Zool. 1901, 

 pp. 114, 115. 



13. Carpopha^a rhodinolaema Scl. 



CarpopTiaga rhodinolaema Sclater, Proc. Zonl. Soc. London 1877, p. 555 (" Hab. Ins. 



Admiralitatis "). 

 Anleii, p. 209. 



(? ad., Dampier I., 31. i. 1914 (No. 6519). 



14. Megaloprepia magnifica poliura Salvad. 



Megalnj)repia polhira Salvadori, Ann. Mns. Civ. Gen. xii. pp. 4JG, 427 (1878 — S.E. New Guinea and 



Jobi. Restricted terra typica, Mount Epa, S.E. New Guinea !). 

 Cf. Noi: Zool. 1901. p. 111. 



8 (? ? ad., Dampier Island, February 1914 (Nos. 6537, 6555, 6564, 6577, 6591, 

 6613, 6628, 6649). 



"Iris dark red; bill dull yellow, base greenish; feet yellowish-green, 

 pea-green." 



15. Ptilinopus superbus (Temm.). 



Columha Superha'VemiD.mck.iu'K.mf) & Tecaxa. Pigeons, p. 75. pi. 33 (1811 — " 0-taiti," errore ! 

 Patria subst. Halmahera). 



7 a, 3 ? ?, Dampier Island, January to March 1914 (Nos. c? 6510, 6547, 

 6592, 6619, 6647, 6654, 6807, ? 6646, 6726, 6787). 



16. leracidea berigora novaeguineae A. B. Mey. 



Hieracidea novaegiiineae A. B. Meyer, Joarn. f. Orn. 1894, p. 89 ("Nova Guinea orientali," tj'pes 

 from German New Guinea). 



?, Dampier Island, 25. ii. 1914 (No. 6736). 



"Iris dark brown ; bill slate-blue, tip black; feet pale slate-blue." 



Wing 371 mm. 



The only differences between typical H. berigora and these Papuan specimens 

 {i.e. one from Dampier, one from Vulcan, and others from the Sattelberg, 

 Owgarra on the Angabunga, and Avera on the Upper Aroa River) appear to be 

 the almost unspotted upper wing-coverts, which have only concealed lufous spots 

 on the basal portions, generally darker shoulders, crown and sides of the head 

 of the Papuan race. These differences, except the darker shoulders of the reddish 

 individuals, are, however, also seen in N.W. Australian specimens {leracidea 

 berigora melciUensis Mathews, Austral Avian Rec. i. p. 34, " Melville Island and 

 Northern Territory "). As it is, farther study will be required to prove the 

 distinctness of/, berigora berigora, occidentalis, noeaeguineae, and melciUensis; but 

 Mr. Mathews' diagnosis of his " melvillensis " — " larger size and black cheeks "— 

 is not a convincing one, and the larger size in any case appears to be not 

 constant. 



17. Tyto alba meeki (Rothsch. & Hart.). 



Strixflammea meeki RothachiM & Havteit, N'oc. Zool. 1907, p. 416 (CoUingwood Bay, north-east 

 coast of British New Guinea). 



2 ? ? ad., Dampier Island, 2. ii. and 7. iii. 1914 (Nos. 6535, 6784). 



These two specimens agree in every detail with the type specimens, and bear 



